Our gay brethren's plight is improving

Published: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 7:22 p.m.

The world is a dangerous place these days. We have two very unstable countries on the verge of becoming owners of nuclear weapons, and no one can predict what either might decide to do with them after their completion.

The worst of the dangers is that terrorists might get armed with one and decide to wipe out a city with it. The best target in the world, from most of these groups’ viewpoint, is good old Washington, D.C.

What is most interesting to me from reading letters to the editor from several different papers is that for many people, perhaps even the majority of writers, what most of the public seem to be upset about is same-sex marriage.

I am somewhat of an expert on marriage since my 65th anniversary is coming up this fall, but I just cannot understand how two people of the same sex getting married should have any effect at all on my marriage.

I have known many people who have lived a difficult life because of being homosexual, but I have seen things improving for them over the years.

In the time before and during World War II, it was very dangerous to be known as “gay.” Attacks and even killings took place in our country, and most people didn’t admit their sexual orientation if they were gay for fear of their lives.

Even today, there is probably a downside to “coming out” in your jobs and friendships in many areas of our country, and most people still keep this part of their life private.

I have been wondering if having open marriages might have ramifications for the gay community that no one has thought of until now.

Where do gays come from? Now I am sure that some people probably believe Satan is the creator of all gays, but since I have been in science most of my life, I don’t believe that.

It seems to me that our genes are carrying everything we are and are probably passing that along, too.

In a marriage of two males or two females, there will be no offspring without the inclusion of a member of the opposite sex. This may mean that their genes will not be passed to the next generation in that relationship.

It was so dangerous to be gay in past generations that many gays hid from their tormentors by marrying non-gay partners and passed their genes to the next generation.

If these new kinds of marriage become popular for gays, they may cause a decrease in the numbers of gays being born.

I would like to say as an afterthought that I personally have never liked the use of the name “gay” to describe people in the homosexual community. Many of my friends who are labeled by this name seem anything but gay to me. I have always sensed a feeling of sadness in some of them.

I received an email from a good friend who I knew was gay who wrote, “By the time you receive this message, I will be dead by my own hand.” He was one of the officers in a state libertarian party of which I was chairman. He told me how to locate his record books, which I would need for the operation of the party.

I have never been sure why he killed himself or if there was anything I could have done to help him.

<p>The world is a dangerous place these days. We have two very unstable countries on the verge of becoming owners of nuclear weapons, and no one can predict what either might decide to do with them after their completion.</p><p>The worst of the dangers is that terrorists might get armed with one and decide to wipe out a city with it. The best target in the world, from most of these groups' viewpoint, is good old Washington, D.C.</p><p>What is most interesting to me from reading letters to the editor from several different papers is that for many people, perhaps even the majority of writers, what most of the public seem to be upset about is same-sex marriage.</p><p>I am somewhat of an expert on marriage since my 65th anniversary is coming up this fall, but I just cannot understand how two people of the same sex getting married should have any effect at all on my marriage.</p><p>I have known many people who have lived a difficult life because of being homosexual, but I have seen things improving for them over the years.</p><p>In the time before and during World War II, it was very dangerous to be known as “gay.” Attacks and even killings took place in our country, and most people didn't admit their sexual orientation if they were gay for fear of their lives.</p><p>Even today, there is probably a downside to “coming out” in your jobs and friendships in many areas of our country, and most people still keep this part of their life private.</p><p>I have been wondering if having open marriages might have ramifications for the gay community that no one has thought of until now.</p><p>Where do gays come from? Now I am sure that some people probably believe Satan is the creator of all gays, but since I have been in science most of my life, I don't believe that.</p><p>It seems to me that our genes are carrying everything we are and are probably passing that along, too.</p><p>In a marriage of two males or two females, there will be no offspring without the inclusion of a member of the opposite sex. This may mean that their genes will not be passed to the next generation in that relationship.</p><p>It was so dangerous to be gay in past generations that many gays hid from their tormentors by marrying non-gay partners and passed their genes to the next generation.</p><p>If these new kinds of marriage become popular for gays, they may cause a decrease in the numbers of gays being born.</p><p>I would like to say as an afterthought that I personally have never liked the use of the name “gay” to describe people in the homosexual community. Many of my friends who are labeled by this name seem anything but gay to me. I have always sensed a feeling of sadness in some of them.</p><p>I received an email from a good friend who I knew was gay who wrote, “By the time you receive this message, I will be dead by my own hand.” He was one of the officers in a state libertarian party of which I was chairman. He told me how to locate his record books, which I would need for the operation of the party.</p><p>I have never been sure why he killed himself or if there was anything I could have done to help him.</p>